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Independence Homes for Sale and Real Estate

Area Description

Independence is a city of 8,600 on the Willamette River in the north-central Willamette Valley. Like several other Oregon communities, it was named to honor the hometowns of pioneers organizing wagon trains heading west to the “Eden at the End of the Oregon Trail.” In this case, the starting point of several overland wagon trains in the mid-1840s was Independence, Missouri. Independence places a premium on fostering recreational and cultural opportunities for its citizens, having created Riverview Park in 2005, with a river-facing amphitheater as its centerpiece.

The city’s Historic District was placed on the National Register in 1989 and features architectural styles such as Victorian, Gothic, Craftsman, Italianate and Spanish Colonial. With a recent expansion of Riverview Park, several large parcels of land to the north and south of the amphitheater have been marked for single- and multi-family housing, retail and restaurants, walking and bicycle pathways and other amenities.